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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:54 pm 
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This chapter in class was Structure and Arrays. I have been messing with this one for about two days trying to figure this out.

I ran into a small problem where I was finding that the line
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ReceivingLists(NumberTransactionsInteger).BandName = BandNameComboBox.SelectedIndex


was screwing me up and all of my stuff was displaying the index number instead of the band name... so I switched it to
Code:
ReceivingLists(NumberTransactionsInteger).BandName = BandNameComboBox.Text


and my problem was solved.

The program is currently working almost as intended, the only thing I still cannot figure out how to do is change the printing from a printed page and into a text window within the program itself. AND... When trying to print the report, it started displaying everything that is in the array and then also adding lines for the newly received items.

It was working and just stopped. :( AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

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' Project:          Brimstone Used Album Receiving
' Programmer:       Darksiege
' Date:             March 2011
' Description:      Chapter 08 Project

Public Class BrimstoneReceiving
    ' Module Level Declarations
    ' and Structure

    Structure ReceivingInfo
        Dim BandName As String
        Dim AlbumName As String
        Dim QuantityReceived As Integer
    End Structure

    Private ReceivingLists(16) As ReceivingInfo
    Private NumberTransactionsInteger As Integer
    Dim Album As ReceivingInfo
    Dim Artist As ReceivingInfo
    Dim Received As ReceivingInfo
    Dim Expected As ReceivingInfo

    Private Sub ExitToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ExitToolStripMenuItem.Click, ExitButton.Click
        ' Exits the Program
        Dim ResponseDialogResult As DialogResult

        ResponseDialogResult = MessageBox.Show("Print the Report?", "Terminate the Application", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo, MessageBoxIcon.Question)
        If ResponseDialogResult = DialogResult.Yes Then
            DisplayButton_Click(sender, e)
        End If
        Me.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Sub DisplayButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles DisplayButton.Click
        ' Print the report using Print Preview.

        PrintPreviewDialog1.Document = PrintDocument1
        PrintPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog()
    End Sub

    Private Sub PrintDocument1_PrintPage(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs) Handles PrintDocument1.PrintPage
        ' Handle Print and Print Preview

        Dim PrintFont As New Font("Arial", 12)
        Dim HeadingFont As New Font("Arial", 14, FontStyle.Bold)
        Dim LineHeightSingle As Single = PrintFont.GetHeight + 2
        Dim Column1HorizontalLocationSingle As Single = e.MarginBounds.Left
        Dim VerticalPrintLocationSingle As Single = e.MarginBounds.Top
        Dim Column2HorizontalLocationSingle As Single = 300
        Dim Column3HorizontalLocationSingle As Single
        Dim PrintLineString As String
        Dim FontSizeF As New SizeF
        Dim FormattedQuantity As Integer

        ' Set up and display the heading lines
        PrintLineString = "Brimstone Records Receiving"
        e.Graphics.DrawString(PrintLineString, HeadingFont, Brushes.Black, Column2HorizontalLocationSingle, VerticalPrintLocationSingle)
        PrintLineString = "By Darksiege"
        VerticalPrintLocationSingle += LineHeightSingle
        e.Graphics.DrawString(PrintLineString, PrintFont, Brushes.Black, Column2HorizontalLocationSingle, VerticalPrintLocationSingle)
        VerticalPrintLocationSingle += LineHeightSingle * 2

        ' Loop through the transactions.
        For Each IndividualAlbumReceive As ReceivingInfo In ReceivingLists
            ' Don't print if Blank
            If IndividualAlbumReceive.BandName <> "" Then
                ' Set up a line.

                ' Band.
                e.Graphics.DrawString(IndividualAlbumReceive.BandName, PrintFont, Brushes.Black, Column1HorizontalLocationSingle, VerticalPrintLocationSingle)

                ' Album.
                e.Graphics.DrawString(IndividualAlbumReceive.AlbumName, PrintFont, Brushes.Black, Column2HorizontalLocationSingle, VerticalPrintLocationSingle)

                ' Right Align the Quantity column.
                FormattedQuantity = FormatNumber(IndividualAlbumReceive.QuantityReceived)
                ' Measure the string in this font
                FontSizeF = e.Graphics.MeasureString(FormattedQuantity, PrintFont)
                ' Subtract width of string from column position.
                Column3HorizontalLocationSingle = 550 - FontSizeF.Width
                e.Graphics.DrawString(FormattedQuantity, PrintFont, Brushes.Black, Column3HorizontalLocationSingle, VerticalPrintLocationSingle)

                ' Increment the Y position for the next line; Double Space.
                VerticalPrintLocationSingle += LineHeightSingle * 2
            End If
        Next
    End Sub

    Private Sub ReceiveButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ReceiveButton.Click
        ' Allow only 5 artists received per transaction.
        Try
            If NumberTransactionsInteger < 5 Then
                ' Save this transaction
                ReceivingLists(NumberTransactionsInteger).BandName = BandNameComboBox.Text
                ReceivingLists(NumberTransactionsInteger).AlbumName = AlbumNameTextBox.Text
                ReceivingLists(NumberTransactionsInteger).QuantityReceived = QuantityReceivedTextBox.Text
                NumberTransactionsInteger += 1
            Else
                MessageBox.Show("Only allow receipt of 5 bands at once.", "Too many records", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
            End If

            'Clear the screen Fields
            BandNameComboBox.SelectedIndex = -1
            AlbumNameTextBox.Text = ""
            QuantityReceivedTextBox.Text = ""
        Catch QuantityReceivedException As Exception
            MessageBox.Show("Quantity Must be entered before receiving.", "Data Entry Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
        End Try
       
    End Sub

    Private Sub BrimstoneReceiving_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ' Sets the values
        ReceivingLists(0).BandName = "Duran Duran"
        ReceivingLists(1).BandName = "Oingo Boingo"
        ReceivingLists(2).BandName = "Tesla"
        ReceivingLists(3).BandName = "Testament"
        ReceivingLists(4).BandName = "Cradle of Filth"
        ReceivingLists(5).BandName = "Five Finger Death Punch"
        ReceivingLists(6).BandName = "BananaRama"
        ReceivingLists(7).BandName = "Slayer"
        ReceivingLists(8).BandName = "Kiss"
        ReceivingLists(9).BandName = "Ozzy Osbourne"
        ReceivingLists(10).BandName = "Tiesto"
        ReceivingLists(11).BandName = "Paul Oakenfeld"
        ReceivingLists(12).BandName = "Katy Perry"
        ReceivingLists(13).BandName = "Pink"
        ReceivingLists(14).BandName = "Lady GaGa"
    End Sub

    Private Sub AboutToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles AboutToolStripMenuItem.Click
        ' Display the about form

        AboutBox1.ShowDialog()
    End Sub
End Class

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Well right now it's drawing graphics by converting text into pixels. Instead you want to make it print pure ASCII into a text field?

You say it stopped working... what happens now when you run it?


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:07 pm 
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Lex Luthor wrote:
You say it stopped working... what happens now when you run it?


Technically... it still works; but, now it displays all of the items in the list, and adds new lines for the items received. it should only be listing items received, not listing all of the items.

As far as the ASCII thing, I am trying to get it to put the same thing it would be printing onto the form itself, If it must be done in ASCII, then yes.

I attempted to use the Print Preview Control (instead of the Dialog) and it told me to bugger off.

EDIT:
Okay so I figured out the printing everything even if the qty was 0.... I just changed the line from

Code:
For Each IndividualAlbumReceive As ReceivingInfo In ReceivingLists
            ' Don't print if Blank
            If IndividualAlbumReceive.BandName <> "" Then


to

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For Each IndividualAlbumReceive As ReceivingInfo In ReceivingLists
            ' Don't print if Blank
            If IndividualAlbumReceive.QuantityReceived > 0 Then


and it began to work as intended, sans the printing/text thing.

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It seems first of all you are overwriting the first 5 entries in the pre-existing list with your newly typed stuff when you click the button, instead of putting the new entries at the end of the pre-existing list. You might want to re-design this, although I could be interpreting the code wrong.

If you only want to print the new items then keep a new counter in the For loop in PrintPage. At the end of the loop just have counter += 1. When counter => NumberTransactionsInteger, break out of the for loop. If you haven't done this before I think the keyword is just "break".

To print these out in a text field, you need to define a string such as "FullPageText" or something and set its value to "". Right after anywhere with e.Graphics.DrawString, you need to concatenate either BandName, AlbumName, or FormattedQuantity into this string with a new line.

Something like:
FullPageText = FullPageText & IndividualAlbumReceive.BandName & "\t\t\t"

FullPageText = FullPageText & IndividualAlbumReceive.AlbumName & "\t\t\t"

FullPageText = FullPageText & FormattedQuantity & "\n\n"

Note: "\t" is for a tab and "\n" is for a new line, in case you didn't know.

Have a big textfield (or label) called BigTextfield or something. After the for loop finishes just do BigTextfield.text = FullPageText.

I hope I make some sort of sense.

edit:

I see what you mean with quantity received... just disregard my first two paragraphs I guess. Using quantity received seems like the best way to do what you want.


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that does make sense, thank you... now if I did not want it to do a print preview at all, and just do the display on the text box, how would I need to modify it?

I have tried a few variations and they all hate me.

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darksiege wrote:
that does make sense, thank you... now if I did not want it to do a print preview at all, and just do the display on the text box, how would I need to modify it?

I have tried a few variations and they all hate me.


The fastest and fool-proof way to do this is to comment out any line that has "e.Graphics.DrawString"


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:14 pm 
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Lex Luthor wrote:
The fastest and fool-proof way to do this is to comment out any line that has "e.Graphics.DrawString"


I kind of did that by putting the for loop in the Display button code (second appearance in the code), and leaving the print document option only in the exit button.

I was about to delete the comment but you had already replied. :)

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